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I don't really object to MSG, but I don't keep it around. MSG is the purified thing, the other ingredients have many other complex components.

The glutamate in MSG is the same as the glutamate in autolyzed fish, or autolyzed yeast in champagne or muscadet lees, or fermented tofu, or what have you, except that in MSG it has been purified away from everything else.
 
...and thus, the moral of the story is this - have a bottle each of nam pla and nuoc mam in the kitchen. Saline and savory of a different order.
 
Well, I was thanking Joe for his clarification of the distinction between 'natural' and refined glutemate. But you're right: thank you, too, and Gaja, as well.
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
And be admired by the little girls?
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Well, sure, that would be a bonus.

There was a great New Yorker cartoon a few years ago. Two dolphins swimming, caption something like: "before I die, I want to swim with an old couple from New Jersey."

My comment was a cartoon literary allusion.

It's a tricky business.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Is glutamate made this 'natural' way different from MSG glutamate?
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I've never gotten the heat rush from nam pla, but there are lots of foods here which have Ajinomoto's msg in them and I can tell within a couple of minutes.
 
Wiki alert -Anchovies can concentrate domoic acid, which causes amnesic shellfish poisoning in humans, sea mammals, and birds. If suspected, medical attention should be sought. Anchovies also contain a high level of uric acid, a build-up of which can cause the inflammatory condition known as gout.
 
originally posted by Joel Stewart:
Anchovies also contain a high level of uric acid, a build-up of which can cause the inflammatory condition known as gout.
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Eating uric acid is not related, I believe, to your body's inability to purge it (a.k.a., gout).
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
originally posted by Joel Stewart:
Anchovies also contain a high level of uric acid, a build-up of which can cause the inflammatory condition known as gout.
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Eating uric acid is not related, I believe, to your body's inability to purge it (a.k.a., gout).
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Sounds reasonable to me....just lazy quoting Wiki. I do like those little fishies.
 
Try it, Joel. It's amazing what complex sugars and MSG can do together. I also used to drink Coca Cola with salt.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Well, I was thanking Joe for his clarification of the distinction between 'natural' and refined glutemate. But you're right: thank you, too, and Gaja, as well.
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And thanks for being so generously thankful, considering the times.
 
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